January 28, 200422 yr Gary Sheffield told Yankees GM Brian Cashman that he'd be willing to move to third base to replace the injured Aaron Boone. This isn't going to happen. Sheffield hasn't been a regular third baseman since 1992 and he was moved off the position for a very good reason.? :lolup :lolup :mischief2 :mischief2
January 28, 200422 yr You never know. It isn't like the Yankees are the best fielding team in the world anyways.
January 28, 200422 yr hell then they could go trade for a Reggie Sanders or someone respectable for RF
January 28, 200422 yr If they move him to third, I'd be willing to bet that he's moved back to The OF in less than a month. Gary is not that mobile anymore plus if he was capable of playing third, would they really give Aaron Boone an extension in the first place? They could have just put Sheff at third next year when Mags is on the market.
January 28, 200422 yr He didn't play 3rd for 10 years! I would not advocate moving soriano to SS, even though he played that position 4 years ago. Gary is just rying to act classy...two words you will usually not find in the same sentence. We had a guy in AA last year who played third with a .447 obp and over .500 slug (but he's 27). Andy Phillips might be able to make a move, we have henson and almonte, and of course cairo and wilson. That obp guy was some dude named myrow, who did this: (.306/.447/.525) http://www.yesnetwork.com/team/index.cfm?c...&page_type=wide I think that warrants a man a shot. He drew 107 walks!
January 28, 200422 yr Myrow's defense is said to be bad, maybe not Giambi/Soriano/Jeter/Sheff bad but bad. Also he's 27 and has never played above AA. Anyone think the A's, Red Sox and Blue Jays are rethinking their no bunt swing for the fences strategies? I'd play all slap hitters against the Yankees' infield. Okay, Soriano, he's my team for your $500 bet. C: Pierzynski/Pudge 1B: Snow 2B: Castillo 3B: can't think of a slap-hitting 3B SS: David Eckstein LF: Matsui (hits a lot of infield singles) CF: Pierre RF: Ichiro
January 28, 200422 yr with an ability to get on base like that,he's surely a better option than jose hernandez.
January 29, 200422 yr When he first joined the marlins didn't he play 3b? I'm trying to remember, I was thinking the marlins were the first team to move him to the OF.
January 29, 200422 yr NO! Mike Lowell wouldn't be the best offensive third baseman in the game anymore.
January 31, 200422 yr Author Yeah, he played third base a couple times here for us. Sheffield's stats clearly show that Gary played 133 games at 3rd base in 1993, 66 with the Marlins. Sheffield had 34 errors in 1993. In the 1994, Sheffield was moved to outfield and has not played 3rd base since. Sheffield also played SS in 1988 and 1989.
January 31, 200422 yr NO! Mike Lowell wouldn't be the best offensive third baseman in the game anymore. There's Scott Rolen, Bill Mueller and Eric Chavez. Two have GGs and Lowell doesnt. but let's compare their away OPS, adjusted ops, and plain old ops. Chavez .864 total, .859 on the road, ops+ 132 Rolen .910 total, .913 on the road, ops+ 139 Lowell .881, .886 on the road, ops+ 132 Mueller .938 total, .903 on the road, ops+ 140 The best hitter is probably Rolen because he was most proven throughout his career, but Bill Mueller always had a good on base ability, so don't expect a sudden dissappearance of skill. Nevertheless, Lowell is not the best 3rd baseman in the game, even offensively.
February 2, 200422 yr NO! Mike Lowell wouldn't be the best offensive third baseman in the game anymore. There's Scott Rolen, Bill Mueller and Eric Chavez. Two have GGs and Lowell doesnt. but let's compare their away OPS, adjusted ops, and plain old ops. Chavez .864 total, .859 on the road, ops+ 132 Rolen .910 total, .913 on the road, ops+ 139 Lowell .881, .886 on the road, ops+ 132 Mueller .938 total, .903 on the road, ops+ 140 The best hitter is probably Rolen because he was most proven throughout his career, but Bill Mueller always had a good on base ability, so don't expect a sudden dissappearance of skill. Nevertheless, Lowell is not the best 3rd baseman in the game, even offensively. id take lowell over rolen, rolen just doesnt show me much. hes not clutch at all and i personally think hes overrated. lowell is the best all around 3B in my opinion
February 2, 200422 yr Rolen is better offensively and defensively. If you are counting intangibles, why can't I just make the claim derek jeter is better than Alex Rodriguez or Edgar Renteria? So no, Rolen is better.
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